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Kuno Wittmer to race Viper SRT GT3-R in Pirelli World Challenge at Toronto

July 14, 2014

Kuno Wittmer and Jonathan Bomarito drove the Viper GTS-R to a second-place finish in the GT Le Mans class of the IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship race in Canada on Sunday. Photo by LAT PHOTOGRAPHIC

MSA Tudor United SportsCar driver Kuno Wittmer is heading to Toronto for this week's Pirelli World Challenge event. The SRT Motorsports driver, who last raced in the Pirelli World Challenge in 2010, plans to race in the PWC doubleheader weekend July 19-20 in Toronto in a Dodge Viper SRT GT3-R.

Wittmer, a native of Montreal, will pilot a No. 92 Dodge Viper SRT GT3-R prepared by Riley Technologies in the ninth and 10th rounds of the sports car championship on the downtown Toronto street circuit in an effort to promote the SRT Motorsports' customer Viper GT3-R racing program.

"It's going to be a lot of fun to have Kuno step into the Pirelli World Challenge and test his skills in the Viper GT3-R against the top class in the series," said Ralph Gilles, CEO of SRT Motorsports, Chrysler Group LLC. "This is a test Viper that Riley Technologies prepared, and we see this race as an opportunity to showcase our customer program. We've had success in the series with Dan Knox taking the Viper to the winner's circle during the Detroit race weekend and we want to continue building momentum with our Viper GT3-R program."

Knox, who competes full-time in the World Challenge in the No. 80 Dodge Viper SRT GT3-R, ranks third in the GT-A class standings and claimed the Viper GT3-R's first series victory in a May race on Detroit's Belle Isle circuit.

"It's definitely a great step for the Viper program,” Wittmer said. “I think the Pirelli World Challenge has evolved a lot over the past four or five years. The last time I raced in it was 2010 and it was already very competitive. Seeing how the championship has grown, it's more competitive in all the right ways and it will be fun."

Wittmer previously competed in the World Challenge from 2008-10 and tallied six victories in the series, including two Viper wins in Salt Lake City and Long Beach, Calif.

The Toronto race weekend is the only scheduled appearance for Wittmer and the No. 92 Viper GT3-R entry in the World Challenge. Knox will continue to run the full series schedule in pursuit of the GT-A class championship for Lone Star Racing and the Viper GT3-R racing program.